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Patran, one of the world’s most widely used pre- and post-processing software for Finite Element Analysis (FEA), introduces new capabilities in version 2024.1. This release expands Patran’s rotor dynamics capabilities, adds HDF5 support, MSC Nastran Card support, supports the new high-performance solver in SOL400 and enhances the graphic interface. If you missed any of the previous release announcements, you can find them in the release highlights on SimCompanion. Patran 2024.1 Release Highlights Rotordynamics The new Rotor dynamics capabilities offer faster, more user-friendly solutions. The updated graphical interface eases the flow of analysis and adds additional functionality. A completely new user interface facilitates job setup for rotordynamics. The interface guides the user through multiple steps, allowing them to specify all relevant...

Mastercam, the industry leader in CAD/CAM solutions, proudly announces the release of Mastercam 2025. This latest version introduces cutting-edge features and enhancements designed to maximize speed, efficiency, and precision in your machining operations, setting a new benchmark in the industry. During the Public Beta, manufacturers worldwide provided valuable feedback that shaped the final product, ensuring that Mastercam 2025 meets the essential demands of users while advancing productivity and sustainability in manufacturing. New Mastercam® DeburrIntroducing Mastercam Deburr, an advanced solution for automated edge finishing that revolutionizes the deburring process for Mastercam Mill, Mastercam Mill 3D, Mastercam Router, and Mastercam Mill-Turn. Designed to integrate seamlessly with your Mastercam products, this add-on simplifies deburring through automatic edge detection and intuitive controls. Mastercam Deburr...

LightTools version 2024.03 provides capabilities that make LightTools a more efficient, versatile illumination analysis and design tool than ever before. Key improvements include: Sequence ray tracing, an innovative simulation mode for even faster analysis of stray light paths. A global optimization engine that can be used to explore a broader solution space – a new method that supplements the capabilities of the local optimization engines available in previous releases The capability to include temperature and pressure variations for the index of refraction. This capability lets you model environmental effects in CODE V and transfer the model to LightTools in an Optical System File. Expanded capabilities for thin film stack coatings enable designers to easily modify a stack in LightTools. You...

CAM-POST is a software product that independently develops, manages, and deploys NC post-processing. The technology used in this product supports all major CAD/CAM/PLM systems, CNC controllers, and machine tools. CAM-POST integrates leading NC specialized technology in the manufacturing industry for 40 years, providing the most advanced, intuitive, and flexible system architecture. CAM-POST has over 200 default quick start modes for NC controllers to simplify and accelerate the generation of post-processing programs. CNC post-processors can do many other things besides translating CLDATA to NC machine codes. For example a CNC post-processor may summarize axes travels, feed and speed limits, job run-time and tool usage information, which enables better selection and scheduling of resources. More sophisticated CNC post-processors may validate the program...

Vericut’s powerful CNC verification, simulation and analysis software creates an identical digital twin of your machine, allowing you to take your manufacturing efforts to the next level.  Superior collision checking Vericut features advanced collision-checking capabilities – examining the entire path of travel to identify any possible collisions and close calls – so machinists can feel confident every time they press ‘Go’. Complete G-code verification Vericut is capable of verifying all CNC machine logic and G-code, ensuring your simulation behaves identically to the physical machine on your shop floor – a like-for-like digital twin. Supports even the most complex applications Vericut is purpose-built to meet the demands of your CNC manufacturing needs, and is ready for even the most complex of...

Phast™ is a globally adopted solution for modelling discharge, dispersion, fires, explosions and toxic effects of a wide range of loss of containment scenarios. Process safety professionals benefit from 40 years’ worth of development and validation by our industry experts and its continued use by more than 10,000 users across 1,000 organizations. Phast is being used in diverse industries, including oil and gas, petrochemical, liquefied natural gas (LNG), pharmaceutical, hydrogen and ammonia, carbon capture and storage (CCS), insurance, academia, and public sector (governmental and regulatory bodies). Phast software add-ons for in-depth analysis Phast offers add-ons that enhance modelling capabilities and provide deeper insight into the consequences of complex scenarios. Multi-Component (MC) add-on for advanced modelling of complex mixtures (e.g. two-phase releases). Explosions add-on brings analysis of explosions in...

Chesapeake’s flagship SonarWiz.Map series of side-scan/shallow profile acquisition mosaicing post-processing software provides easy-to-use and affordable real-time image mosaicing modules. SonarWiz.Map has complete post-processing functions for side-scan sonar, magnetic data, and shallow stratigraphic profile data, including automatic gain control, TVG, beam angle correction, navigation Trajectory Editor, etc. It contains a complete post-processing module. In the post-processing mode, it can process most of the side-scan sonar and shallow profile data, and get the * underwater topographic sweep image and shallow stratigraphic profile image. Survey Planning Load background maps and charts from a range of formats including DNC, RNC, S57, and GeoTIFF. Automatically plan survey lines parallel to a reference line, within a polygon based on either efficiency or conventional patterns. Generate planned...

CATIA V5-6R2024 is a CAD/CAE/CAM one-off software distributed by Dassault France, which integrates mechanical design, engineering analysis and simulation, CNC machining, and CATweb web application solutions, including complete 2D, 3D, and parametric hybrid modeling and data management functions, as well as an intelligent tree structure, which can help manufacturers design their future products and support the entire industrial design process from pre-project phase, specific design, analysis, simulation, assembly to maintenance. It can provide users with a complete product modeling and design solution, shaping a complete design environment that enables complete modeling in the context of the actual behavior of the product, thus enabling better design and easily improving user productivity. Why Choose DS CATIA 2024? 1. Unparalleled 3D Modeling: DS...

Dragonfly cracked version is a powerful multi-faceted software platform used for processing, visualizing, manipulating, and analyzing scientific datasets obtained through CT, micro CT, microscopy, FIB-SEM, and other modes. The supported activities can be divided into two basic concepts – visual display and object handling – and the design of the application is such that all of these activities can be accessed from the main application window. The left panel provides tools for processing images and conducting basic measurements, as well as advanced features such as segmentation. The imported data and views of processed objects are included in the scene of the workspace. Data properties, settings, and related process controls can be found on the right side. The Dragonfly interface also...

The newest release of the industry-leading direct modeling software, Creo Elements/Direct, is now available! Creo Elements/Direct is PTC’s comprehensive system for mechanical engineers and designers who create products using the direct modeling approach to 3D CAD. Using Creo Elements/Direct in your product-design process can help shorten time to market, meet customer demands for new products, and satisfy increasingly complex customer requirements. In Creo Elements/Direct 20.7, you’ll find new enhancements to Modeling, Annotation and Drafting. Plus, we’ve included updates that ensure full interoperability with Creo 11—the latest release of our award-winning CAD system. Boost your productivity with these new capabilities. Discover more about each below: Modeling Enhanced 3D direct modeling tools Use the new “Create Side Faces” option to control the...